UGA blog finds new home
Morning all. As I’ve said a couple of times this week, we’re converting this blog over to a WordPress platform and it will be a permanent move the first of next week.
Those of you who are regulars probably know that I’m not what you’d call techno-wizard when it comes to these things. But from what I understand the technology offered in this new format should make the blogging and commenting experience better for all. Of course, I’ll be learning as we go along, too. But I’m hoping to provide more pictures and video and things like that which should bring the blog more to life.
Of course, this blog is nothing without all you guys so I want to heartily invite (read: beg) you to come over to the new site by CLICKING HERE ON THE NEW ADDRESS and save it in your browsers. As of Monday, Feb. 23rd, this will be the permanent home of the UGA blog you so love or, in the case of some of you, love to loathe. If you’d prefer to copy and paste or just memorize, the new address is: http://blogs.ajc.com/uga-sports-blog/.
See at the new place!
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Monday, May 7, 2007
Football needs early signing day
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I read with interest the recent ‘news’ that one of Georgia’s early commitments for the recruiting class of 2008, offensive lineman B.J. Brand of Douglas-Coffee, had ‘de-committed’ to the Bulldogs.
Of course, this had the recruitniks on the fan forums up in arms with anguish. Never mind that it’s only May and that national signing day is not for another nine months. The fact is, this is one of the problems with modern-day recruiting.
Players are committing earlier and earlier and teams are encouraging them to do so. Of course, 17-year-olds have a hard time deciding where to go out to eat, much less where to spend the next for years pursuing their academic and football fortunes. And committing to one team doesn’t keep the other ones from pursuing blue-chip prospects. As UGA’s Rodney Garner often points out, it merely identifies to rival recruiters who the competition is.
This is why I believe there ought to be an early signing period for football players, just like there is for basketball players. I think it should be set around the first week of August, right before these recruits get set to enter their senior years and final high school football seasons. This way they have all summer to make up their minds, sign a letter of intent in August, then relax and enjoy their senior seasons without having to be hounded and confused for the next six months.
What’s your thoughts on this? I know there is a lot of interest in recruiting. Perhaps you prefer to watch the drama unfold from September to February every year. Who does it benefit for football players not to be able to sign until the first Wednesday in February every year? What about being able to sign during the same early period as basketball players (Nov. 15-25)?
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